Lives and works in New York
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Trevor Shimizu: Past/Future, Modern Art, London
2023
Trevor Shimizu: Land/Time, The Ranch, Montauk, NY
Edvard Munch / Trevor Shimizu, Landscapes, VI, VII, Oslo
Cycles, 47 Canal, New York
2022
Luminism (American art style), Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Yin-Yang, La Maison de Rendez-Vous, Brussels2019
2021
Hudson River and More?, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
2020
Landscapes, 47 Canal, New York
Masterpieces (with Ken Kagami), Somerville
Trevor Shimizu: Performance Artist, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2019
Trevor Shimizu: Performance Artist, ICA Philadelphia at Kunsthalle Lissabon
2018
Paul Kos & Trevor Shimizu, Potts, Los Angeles
Ken Kagami & Trevor Shimizu, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
2017
Selected Video Works 2000 – 2013, 47 Canal, New York
Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2016
New Work, 47 Canal, New York
Magenta Plains, New York
2015
Selected Works, Evelyn Yard, London
Gas, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
Appropriation 2, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Trying To Be A Good Person, Rowhouse Project, Baltimore
2014
Trevor Shimizu: Actor, The Vanity East, Los Angeles
Trevor Shimizu. Again, 47 Canal, New York
2013
Post, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Romantic, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2012
Ken Kagami and Trevor Shimizu, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
Late Work, 47 Canal, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2023
Real Life, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
The Moth and the Thunderclap, Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
Future Shock, Lisson Gallery, New York
2022
Minimalism-Maximalism-Mechanissmmm, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark
A Form of Magic, Morán Morán, Mexico City
Impressions of the Fall, 47 Canal, New York
Gute Nacht, BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne, Germany
Minimalism-Maximalism-Mechanissmmm, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Ridiculous Sublime, SFA Advisory, New York
Accrochage: 15 years of Misako & Rosen at The Green Gallery, Green Gallery, Milwaukee
2020
Honest Gravy, Marinaro, New York
Any Day Now, Sprüth Magers (Online Exhibition)
Double-M, Double-X, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Crumple, Vin Vin Gallery, Vienna
WENN DIE KASTANIEN BLÜHEN, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2019
Goldie’s Gallery,Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Downtown Painting, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York
Artists I Steal From, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London
Pastoral (Grind and Drone), 47 Canal, New York
Il Ghirigoro, Pio Pico, Los Angeles
✧Slow Hand Movements✧* Gentle Whispers * Water * Salt * Tingles *, Boers-Li Gallery, New York
Condo Shanghai 2019, AIKE, Shanghai
Food Show 3, 3A Gallery, New York
4 U, Haus N, Athens, Greece
2018
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Tiger-Poems and Songs for Hurricanes, Travesía Cuatro, Guadalajara
Michael Krebber, Win McCarthy, Josephine Pryde, Trevor Shimizu, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid
Broadcasting: EAI at ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
I Am A Scientist, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2017
The World Without Us, Brennan & Griffin, New York
SEA, SEX AND SUN, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Adult Swim, curated by Gerasimos Floratos, Pilar Corrias, London
EXO EMO, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
2016
Your Face in the Mirror Isn’t Your Face, Similar to Plastic Silverware, Moran Borandoff, Los Angeles
Milk of the Poppy, CAPITAL, San Francisco
“Edited at EAI”: Artist to Artist, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York
Peaceful Pictures, Kodomo, Queens
Quiz 2 – Based on an Idea by Robert Stadler, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Art is not a competition – Kaiga no Tabi, Redling Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Trevor Shimizu & Shimon Minamikawa, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Tender is the Night, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2015
Summer Group Show, Mallorca Landings, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
comedie concrète, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
HOT TOWN, SUMMER IN THE CITY, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
We Are All Cats, Karma International, Zurich
Painting The Sky Blue, Stefan Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca
Small Pillow, Queer Thoughts at Arcadia Missa, London
Box Lunch, SkyLab, Columbus
Comedie Concrete, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo
We are All Cats, 3A Gallery, New York
Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
Looking Back/The 9th White Columns Annual – Selected by Cleopatras, White Columns, New York
Nicole Eisenman, Friedrich Kuhn, Yuji Nagai, Trevor Shimizu, curated by Fredi Fischli & Niels Olsen, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel
2014
The Cats-in-Residence Program, 356 Mission Rd., Los Angeles
ABCOM, four81, New York
Silly Canvas, Centre for Style, Melbourne
We are all Cats, 3A Gallery, New York
Summer Show, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Whitney Biennal, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Multimedia Messaging Service, Center Galleries, CCS, Detroit
2013
New Western Art, Halele Timco, Temeswar
Michel Thibault Gallery, Los Angeles
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2012
VHS The Exhibition, Franklin Street Works, Stamford
Public Relations, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Summer Show, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Context Message, Zach Feuer, New York
Queens International 2012: Three Points Make A Triangle, Queens Museum of Art, New York
2011
Local Realities, Tokyo
Food Show, 3A Gallery, New York
Nic Guagnini, Mieko Meguro, Trevor Shimizu, NHK Gallery, Hokkaido
First Show, II: David Berezin, Michael Guidetti, Trevor Shimizu, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles
Times Square Show, organized by Marlous Borm, Times, Berlin
Happy Mind my pleasure – MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
Social Photography, Carriage Trade, New York
2010
179 Canal / Anyways, organized by Margaret Lee, White Columns, New York
2009
Large Folded Drawing, 179 Canal, New York
*MAGIC JACKPOT*, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Time-Life 2, Taxter & Spengemann, New York
Circular File Channel, Curated by Josh Kline, PERFORMA, New York
Geba-geba Summer Show Geba-Geba 4 Weeks, MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
Nobodies New York, curated by Josh Kline, 179 Canal, New York
Das Herr Winkelhuber Stipendium München, Weltraum 26, Munich
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York
2008
Workspace, organized by Antoine Catala, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Here’s Why Patterns, MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
2006
Action Adventure, curated by Melissa Brown, Josh Kline, and Michael Williams, Canada, New York